LNG, end‑to‑end: one forum for engineering, operating, and financing projects that reach FID, first gas, and beyond
NRG Center, Houston - June 16-17, 2027
Welcome to LNG Export North America 2026
North America’s premier LNG Export event, now in its 4th year and recognized as the go-to destination for the teams shaping the future of LNG. This owner / operator-led event brings together project executives, engineering and finance leaders, and operational experts for two dynamic days of learning, deal-making, and industry collaboration.
Developed in close partnership with senior LNG project owners, our agenda tackles the real-world challenges facing developers and their partners at every stage: Financing, FEED, pre-FID, construction, commissioning, start-up, and ongoing operations. Whether launching a new project or optimizing an established facility, attendees gain vital knowledge, practical strategies, and valuable connections to drive performance and deliver results.
Connect with the full LNG project ecosystem—including developers, EPCs, offtakers, financiers, investors, licensors, OEMs, contractors, regulators, and solution providers. Join your peers, expand your network, and unlock new opportunities for project excellence at this unmissable industry summit.
3 Dedicated LNG Export Tracks
The LNG Export Investment & Finance Track focuses on aligning financial strategies with the complexities of delivering large-scale LNG projects. This program offers expert insights on capital markets, risk management, evolving contract models, and international investment trends, helping stakeholders navigate the dynamic global LNG financing landscape.
- Financial Strategy and Capital Market Alignment
Explore how CFOs integrate financial planning with megaproject execution, balancing capex discipline, mitigating construction risks, and managing phased expansions. - Investor Appetite and Market Risk
Understand current global capital flows, bankability criteria, policy impacts, and hybrid commercial models shaping LNG project financing. - Contracting and Buyer Dynamics
Examine evolving contract terms, credit assessment, ESG transparency, and how LNG sellers align with buyer expectations and regulatory challenges in a risk-aware market. - Global and Emerging Market Investment
Discuss cross-border investment trends, government roles, and financing solutions to unlock LNG demand in emerging markets despite credit and regulatory obstacles.
The LNG Export Engineering & Construction Track unites global LNG leaders and technical experts to address how the industry can deliver complex, capital-intensive projects efficiently, safely, and competitively in today’s shifting market environment. The program explores the strategies, technologies, and partnerships driving progress across the full LNG project lifecycle—from concept and contracting to execution, regulation, and operations.
- Project Leadership and Innovation
Learn how experts are tackling rising costs, supply chain risks, and workforce challenges by adopting breakthrough technologies and robust project management practices. - Collaborative Contracting and Partnerships
Explore flexible contracting models and effective partnership strategies that balance risk, drive integration, and ensure successful multi-stakeholder project delivery. - Modular Design and Construction Optimization
Gain practical guidance on modularization, schedule optimization, and fabrication methods that maximize efficiency from planning to site preparation. - Regulatory, Feedgas, and Supply Chain Resilience
Covers the critical external factors shaping project success, including evolving federal and state regulations, environmental permitting challenges, feedgas composition variability, and global supply chain pressures
The LNG Export Operations & Maintenance Track is designed for professionals focused on maximizing reliability, safety, and efficiency in North American LNG export facilities. This highly practical program enables organizations optimize performance across every stage of the LNG export lifecycle
- Operational Excellence
See how leadership, innovation, and collaboration are driving unmatched reliability and readiness in today’s LNG facilities. - Advanced Maintenance
Get actionable insights on integrated maintenance systems and digital solutions that maximize asset uptime and operational safety. - Standardized Operations & Turnarounds
Learn strategies to harmonize procedures and efficiently plan turnarounds, unlocking scalable growth across complex LNG portfolios. - Aftermarket & Commissioning Strategy
Discover best practices for seamless handover, aftermarket partnerships, and service agreements that sustain long-term value.
Leading Speakers for 2027
Plenary Speaker
Staale Gjervik
President, ExxonMobil Global Projects Company
Michael Mckelvny
Chief Executive Officer, McDermott International
Lindsay See
Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Eric Gutierrez
President - OGC ,
Kiewit Energy Group
Dan Brouillette
President - OGC ,
Kiewit Energy Group
John Platt
Senior Vice President,
Bechtel
Bechtel
Ken West
President & CEO, Honeywell
(ESS)
(ESS)
Loïc Chapuis
Chief Operating Officer, Technip Energies
LNG Export Speakers Include
Sarah Bairstow
President - Louisiana LNG , Woodside Energy
Zach Davis
Chief Financial Officer ,Cheniere Energy
Martin Hupka
President - LNG ,Sempra Infrastructure
Tarik Skeik
Chief Operating Officer , NextDecade
Adam Prestidge
President, Glenfarne Energy Transition
Bhupesh Thakkar
Senior Vice President & GM - LNG Bechtel Corporation
Anthony Eaton
Chief Operating Officer, Commonwealth
LNG
William Gurrola
Vice President & General Manager - Port Arthur LNG, Sempra Infrastructur
Jarrod Agen
Executive Director , National Energy Dominance Council
Roland Kuchler
SVP Strategic Portfolio Management & Macro Analytics, Director, SEFE
Mineko Hida
Chief Long-Term Origination Officer,
JERA
JERA
Neil Brown
Managing Director, Global Institute and Infrastructure & Climate, KKR
Darya Swaby
VP Supply Chain Management,
NextDecade
NextDecade
Jenny Solomon
VP Portfolio, Governance & Analysis , Woodside Energy
Natalie Gayden
Senior Vice President - Gas, Enterprise
Products
Products
Carlos Wheelock
Head of LNG Americas , Vitol
Takatoshi Seiki
SVP Midstream & Downstream Projects , Tokyo Gas America Ltd.
Oliver Wood
Project Director , Texas LNG /
Glenfarne
Glenfarne
Mike Dorris
Senior Vice President and Woodside Program Manager, Bechtel Energy
Zach Lee
CEO, ARM Energy
Mark Menezes
CEO , United States Energy Association (USEA)
Lee Pardue
Counsel , Golden Pass LNG
Catarina Gonzales
Commissioner , Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Robert Scott
Managing Director for the Americas , Technip Energies
Jim Lewis
VP Operations, Western Hemisphere , McDermott International
A Legacy of Uniting Every Major LNG Owner / Operator & EPC
Key Responsibility Areas
- Project Financing
- Project Management
- Construction
- Operations
- Maintenance
- Engineering
- Reliability
- Supply Chain
- Process Engineering
- Procurement
- Turnarounds
- EHS
- Commissioning & Start up
- Regulatory
Spotlight your brand and enhance your networking with sponsorship opportunities at the Energy Projects Show
The Energy Projects Show is the number one event for meeting engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) professionals, project developers, and owner/operators. Here’s how you can make the most of the experience through sponsorship:
Showcase your technology in the exhibition: With 40% of the audience being owner/operators or engineering and construction EPCs, there’s no better place to showcase your solutions!
Host a solution-led workshop: Share your expertise in an interactive workshop discussion with project leaders.
Deliver a case study: Complex engineering and construction projects need cutting-edge solutions — showcase a success story on how you delivered projects on time and on budget.
Unlock premium networking opportunities with the 1-1 meeting service: Our 1-2-1 meetings team will work with you to identify key engineering, construction, and project companies you’d like to meet from our attendee list. They will then work on your behalf to secure a series of face-to-face meetings onsite at the event (either at your booth or the dedicated meetings lounge). In 2025, the team set up 2,000+ individual meetings between exhibitors/sponsors and attendees.
Thank you to our LNG Export Advisory Board
Patrick Ward
VP Project Development & Services , Cheniere Energy
Akin Oni
CEO & Managing Partner , Eftex Group
Dipanjan Bhattacharya
Manager of Technology, Kiewit
Les Hanson
Vice President Operations , Commonwealth LNG
Mona Setoodeh
President ,
CH-IV
CH-IV
AP Fagan
VP Construction ,
Brown & Root
Brown & Root
Roberto Vara
Vice President Capital Projects , Freeport LNG
Ryan Smith
Maintenance Manager , Golden Pass LNG
Bhargav Sharma
Global Commercial Leader, LNG , Honeywell UOP
Page Dillehunt
Managing Director , Crédit Agricole CIB
Robert Scott
Managing Director for the Americas , Technip Energies
Franz Field
VP of Digital , Cameron
LNG
LNG
Mike Dorris
Senior Vice President and Wood , Bechtel Energy
Darya Swaby
VP Supply Chain Management , NextDecade
Don Hill
Principal & Owner , DKH LNG Consultants
Duncan McLaren
Lead Specialist, Maintenance Support , Cheniere Energy
Mickey Barrett
VP & Principal Engineer , Raba Kistner
Tony Diocee
VP & Project Director , Commonwealth LNG
Andrew Brown
Commercialisation Manager , Woodside Energy
Christopher Buckingham
Managing Director, , Evercore
Javid Talib
Founder / Advisor , jht Consulting
Jonathan Matson
RFO Manager , Sempra Infrastructure
Kyle Beebe
VP , Cajun Industries
Susan Sakmar
Board Member , FLEX LNG
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NETWORKING
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CONFERENCE
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Part of the Energy Projects Conference & Exhibition
LNG Export NA is part of the Energy Projects Show (EPC Show), the largest event in North America for professionals working at the heart of major energy projects.
Bringing together 65 leading conferences under one roof for the first time, the EPC show will unite 10,000+ engineering, construction, commissioning, supply chain, operations & maintenance professionals to show you how to deliver and operate major energy projects successfully in todays complex and challenging environment.
Why bring multiple communities together? Well, whether you face challenges related to craft labor shortages, disrupted supply chains, escalating costs, contracting strategies, regulatory approval, site selection, operational efficiency and more… the event will connect you with world leading speakers, experts, consultants, technology, equipment and solution providers who will provide you and your team with the tools to take your energy project to the next level.
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Executive Interviews
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INTERVIEW: Developing Best-in-Class Midstream Projects with Mohamed Elaoudiy
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INTERVIEW: Bruce Fleming, CEO of Montana Renewablesy
Q: Can you tell us a bit about yourself, your role and your company?
INTERVIEW: Purav Shah, Director, project Execution, Cheniere
Q: Can you tell us a bit about yourself, your role and your company?
INTERVIEW: Craig Brooker, Project Developer, Mitsubishi Hydrogen Infrastructure
Q: Can you tell us a bit about yourself, your role and your company?
INTERVIEW: Manish Misra, General Manager - Capital Projects, Chevron
Q: What is Chevron’s strategy in the Power Generation space and what project work do you currently have in flight?
INTERVIEW: Thomas Nixon, Senior Vice President, Markets & Strategy, Kiewit
1. The U.S. is talking about a nuclear renaissance, but what will it actually take to build new reactors at scale again?
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Heather Remley, President and CEO, BASF Corporation
Q: Heather, you have been in your role as President and CEO of BASF Corporation for a year now. Prior to this, you led Global Engineering Services from Germany.
INTERVIEW: Eric Gutierrez, President - OGC, Kiewit
Q: Could you give us a brief overview of your background in the energy projects industry and your current role at Kiewit?
